Draft-equalizer.



, L. H. RUCH.

DRAFT EQUALIZER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. l2. 1914.

Patented July 20, 1915.

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LEONARD HJRUCH, 0F WINCHESTER, TENNESSEE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 20, 1915.

Application filed January 12, 1914. Serial No. 811,670.

To all, whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, LEONARD H. Buon, citizen of the United States, residing at Winchester, in the county o-f Franklin and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Draft- Equalizers; and 1 do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to draft equalizers, and one of the principal objects of the invention is to provide simple, reliabley and efficient means for quickly adjusting` the draft devices to change the line of draftand to eliminate side draftv on various char-y acters of agricultural implements.

Another object of the invention 1s to proi vide a draft equalizer designed more particularly for use with plows, in which-means of simple construction is provided for quickly adjusting the depth of cut of the plow, and also to adjust the draft devices to eliminate side draft and to prevent crowding of the draft animals. y

These and other objects may by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a plan view of a draft equalizer made in accordance with this invention, Fig.`

2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction indicated by the arrow, and Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction indicated by the arrow. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail sectional view of one y of the clevises.

Referring to the drawings the numeral 1 designates the beam of a plow or other'implement, and connected to the front end of the beam is a clevis comprising two members 2, said members being secured to opposite n 11 said draft bar comprising upper and l12 at `any point on the draft bar 11. be attained lower membersspaced apart,\to receive the ends of theclevis 4. The clevis 4 is provided with perforations 5 and secured to the clevis, by means of a bolt 10 passing through one of said perforations, is a draft bar 11, comprising upper and lower members spaced apart' to receive the end of the clevis, as shown in Fig. 2. The members 11 are corrugated'on their outer surfaces and an adjustable loop or link 12- may be adjusted in and out of the draft bar 11 and held in adjusted position by means of a thumb nut 13.

A diagonal rod 14 is connected near th outer end of the draft bar l1 and extends diagonally backward to a lever 15 pivoted lat 16 to the beam 1. Also connected to the lever 15` is a rod 17 which extends fo-rward and is connected, at 18, to the beam.

A draft chain 19 is connected at one end to the adjustable loop 12 at 20, while the opposite end of said chain is adjustably connected to the clevis 4 at 21 throughperforations 5. The draft line may be adjusted by connecting the chain at any of the perforations 5 at one end and by securing the loop A double tree 22 is provided with a clevis 23, having' a contracted portion 23a to receive the linksr of the chain 19. The contracted portiony 23a of the clevis permits any one link of the chain 19 to be inserted flatwise,

while the adjacent links are disposed at right angles thereto, thus making a rigid connection, and permitting adjustment to'change the draft line. Connected to the hooks 24 at the ends of the double tree 22 are double trees and swingle trees, (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1). rectly connected to the hooks 24 if so desired.r

Swingle trees may be diy From the foregoing it will be obvious that" the line of`draft may be quickly adjustedby means of the clevises 2 and 4 and that side opposite end of the chain 19in any one of lthe perforations 5 in the clevis 4.

Myv invention is comparatively simple* in l construction, and is composed of few parts which cannot get out of order, and owing to the arrangement shown, quick adjustment may be made for various conditions and many characters of agricultural implements.

What is claimed is A draft equalizer comprising a clevis connected to the beam of a plow, a horizontal clevis connected thereto, a draft bar conneeted to the horizontal clevis, said draft extending from said lever to one of the l0 bar having a corrugated upper and lower members.

member, said members being spaced apart, ln testimony whereof I affix my signature a ohzin adjustlaby conneted atl one end to .in presence of two witnesses.

said iorizonta c evis an at t e other end to a loop adjustable, upon the corrugated LEONARD H' BUCH' members of the draft bar7 a brace rod eX- Witnesses:

tending from the draft bar to a lever pivoted LEAH GoNsoLIN,

at the opposite side of the beam, and a rod I. M. RAMSEY.

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